Hot Topic December same-store sales up 4.3%

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Hot Topic Inc.
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said late Wednesday its December same-store sales at stores open at least one year rose 4.3%, compared with a fall of 6.2% in December 2007. Analysts, on average, had expected the same-store sales to rise 2.4%, according to Thomson Reuters. Total net sales for the five weeks ended Jan. 3 increased 7.1% to $131.9 million.

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